Thursday, July 18, 2013

Tom Naughton, writer, producer and star of the movie "Fat Head" wrote a blog post about the documentary "The Alzheimer's Project" and shares his feelings about his father, who has AD.

From Tom:

I’ve read quite a bit about Alzheimer’s in the past year, and I know
now that my dad was a walking bundle of risk factors. His mother died
of the disease, although she was in her mid-eighties, not early
seventies. He took Lipitor for 20 years. Despite being touted as
wonder drug that may even help with Alzheimer’s, the truth is that
memory problems are a known side-effect of statins. Dr. Duane Graveline,
a former NASA astronaut, suffered bouts of extreme confusion and memory
loss until he identified Lipitor as the culprit and stopped taking it.

(And by the way, Dad still ended up with stents put in his arteries,
which were 98 percent blocked. So much for the wonders of statins.)

Dad was also a heavy smoker until he quit at age 58 – and then, like
many people who give up nicotine, he developed a fondness for sweets and
starches. He gained a lot of weight. He suffered from sleep apnea.
He showed all the signs of someone developing insulin resistance.
Which brings me back to The Alzheimer’s Project. In one episode,
they named insulin resistance as a major risk factor. Diabetics are
four times more likely to develop the disease, and people who are
insulin-resistant are at three times the usual risk. Many doctors are
now referring to Alzheimer’s as Type III Diabetes.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCTs), the primary type of fat found
within coconut oil, have been found to boost cognitive performance in
older adults suffering from memory disorders as serious as Alzheimer’s —
and not after months or even days of treatment, but after a single
dose!

A groundbreaking 2004 study published in the journal
Neurobiology of Aging found that the administration of medium chain
triglycerides (MCTs), the primary fat type found in coconut oil, almost
immediately improved cognitive function in older adults with memory
disorders.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Here are a few examples of a daily ketogenic diet menu. As you can see,
it comes down to eating controlled portions of meat, as much fat as you
like, and low carb veggies. Any hunger in between meals can be
handled with low carb, high fat foods like celery with cream cheese, or
an slice of cheese, or a handful of macadamia nuts.

I've analyzed the entire Day 1 menu and included the results
in the graphic on the right. The protein grams are a little high but at
that calorie intake, the percentage of protein in relation to the
percentage of fat intake is perfect.

Day 1 Menu

Breakfast

2 eggs, fried in butter

1 ounce of chopped onion, or other low carb vegetable

1 oz of full fat cheese

4 slices bacon

coffee with 1 oz heavy cream

Lunch

3 cups of salad greens

6 oz chicken breast strips, cooked in butter or olive oil

4 T high fat, low carb salad dressing

1 ounce of full fat cheese

1 celery stalk with 1 oz cream cheese

water or unsweetened flavored sparkling water or other unsweetened beverage

Dinner

6 oz grilled or pan fried steak

mushrooms sauteed in butter

broccoli or other low carb vegetable

water or unsweetened flavored sparkling water or other unsweetened beverage

From me: I see that this day comes out to 2600 calories, which is pretty high for a normal sized person. I would recommend cutting down the protein, which would make the percentage of fat a little bit higher. I, for one, would gain a ton of weight eating all that protein!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Axona® is an FDA-Approved medical food that offers MCTs in a
concentrated milkshake powder. MCTs (Medium Chain Triglycerides) are the
dementia-fighting ingredient in coconut oil and other foods. See how
MCTs can help dementias such as Alzheimer's.

In a small pilot study published in the Feb. 5 issue of the Journal of
Alzheimer's Disease, scientists identified key genes and signaling
networks regulated by vitamin D3 and the omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) that may help control inflammation and improve plaque clearance.

Previous laboratory work by the team helped clarify key mechanisms
involved in helping vitamin D3 clear amyloid-beta, the abnormal protein
found in the plaque. The new study extends the previous findings with
vitamin D3 and highlights the role of omega-3 DHA.

"Our new study sheds further light on a possible role for
nutritional substances such as vitamin D3 and omega-3 in boosting
immunity to help fight Alzheimer's," said study author Dr. Milan Fiala, a
researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Coconut oil for Alzheimer's is garnering a lot of media attention. It is
based on the well-researched benefits of ketone-rich diets in
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, Vascular and Lewy Body Dementia.

Learn about the coconut-oil-dementia diet, a rich source of ketones & other brain-healthy nutrients.

A coconut-oil-dementia diet focuses on foods that are rich in
ingredients that help the body make ketones, as well as other
brain-healthy nutrients that fight dementia. Here is how it works.

Glucose

Glucose is our brains' primary energy source. Like an athlete too weak
to run due to hunger, a brain with too little glucose can experience
cognitive decline. That means a person will have problems thinking and
remembering.

This website was created to share information from various sources that describe nutritional treatments for the prevention, treatment and, in some cases, reversal, of the symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease.

Mainstream medicine will say that AD is fatal and, once symptoms appear, little can be done to manage those symptoms and nothing can be done to reverse them. Drugs for AD that are currently in use give little hope that symptoms can be reversed.

Current research is shedding light on the possibility that symptoms can be halted and even reversed through the use of MCT (medium chain triglycerides) oil, ketogenic (low carb, high fat) diets and proper use of supplements, such as magnesium, CoQ10, Acetyl l-Carnitine and Omega-3 Fatty Acids.

Articles will be posted here as often as possible for anyone looking for hope for the people affected by AD.